HELLRIPPER – CORONACH

PRE-ORDER. RELEASED 27th MARCH 2026.

Limited edition transparent magenta vinyl LP.

Now widely acknowledged as chief standard bearers for blackened thrash, Hellripper release their first album for Century Media in 2026, the mighty Coronach.

McBain has meticulously nurtured his band’s career over the last decade, releasing a succession of critically acclaimed records that skilfully dragged the Scots’ old school sensibilities kicking and howling into the future. Hellripper reach new levels of incisive, metallic intensity on Coronach.

True to McBain’s original philosophy, but bolder, braver and more adventurous than ever before, the new album is fully of highly evolved speed metal anthems that demand much more from themselves than just furious D-beats and squealing solos.

While previous albums have dabbled with Scottish history, mythology and folklore, Coronach is a more full-throated rallying cry from Aberdeen’s most accomplished speed metal warrior.

Named after the improvised communal singing that is a tradition at funerals and wakes in Scotland and Ireland, the album digs deep into the hazy past, while also drawing ghostly parallels between ancient rites and the challenges and conflicts of the present day. Truly, this is Hellripper’s most powerful statement to date.